Author Archives: Carol

Yesterday Smoke came out of her broody spell after a week. For the past week I have lifted her from the nest box every time I have gone into the run and I have closed the nest boxes before bedtime. … Continue reading →

Today Marmite and Dandelion were sharing a nest box again. They have done this a few times recently. It is so sweet to see girls in a nest box together.

Since the weekend we have been hardening off our broad beans and runner beans. We are putting them outside on the patio table, by the back door, during the day and bringing them back inside at night. The runner beans … Continue reading →

From time to time we have seen a little mouse in the garden. Last year we used to see it in the chicken run and this year we have seen it scurrying around the garden in and out of the … Continue reading →

Sienna is the last of the girls from our current breeder to lay her first, tiny, egg today. She is a late starter. She must be coming up to about a year old because we got the silky girls on … Continue reading →

The allotment is really taking shape now and isn’t far off being finished all by the planting. Tomorrow we have some top soil being delivered to fill the raised beds. They have been lined with black plastic to stop the … Continue reading →

Since Smoke started laying again after her last broody spell followed by a two week break, she has laid fourteen eggs, in exactly three weeks. I lift her out of the nest box every time I go into the run. … Continue reading →

This post has evolved over the last few days. I knew that Dandelion was getting ready to start laying again. She had been very vocal and had been looking in the nest boxes.  Dandelion and Cinnamon have become more and … Continue reading →

Yesterday it was the little girls’ turn to do a bit of communal dust bathing in the sun. Dandelion and Cinnamon are near enough to join in the communal spirit but as always they are their own little pair of, … Continue reading →

I worm the flock twice a year in March and September so it’s worming time again. I find the easiest way is to mix the flubenvet powder with two dishes of mash which is pellets and water. This needs to … Continue reading →